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1. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
4. Having an illustrious reputation.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. A great rani.
17. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
19. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
20. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
22. A city in central Myanmar north of Rangoon.
24. Of or coming from the middle of a region or country.
26. (Roman mythology) Goddess of agriculture.
27. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
31. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
35. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
39. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
40. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Read anew.
46. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. Black tropical American cuckoo.
49. A state in New England.
50. High status importance owing to marked superiority.
52. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
56. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
57. Russian country house.
58. South African term for `boss'.
61. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
64. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
65. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
73. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
74. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
75. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
76. On or toward the lee.
77. Fallow deer.
78. A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario.
79. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
2. Type genus of the Majidae.
3. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
4. Go on board.
5. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
6. Herbs of temperate regions.
7. Posing no difficulty.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
9. Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
14. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
21. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
23. A special loved one.
25. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. Characterized by absence of emotional agitation.
32. A ribbon used as a decoration.
33. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
34. The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone.
36. (nautical) Of an anchor.
37. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
38. The cry made by sheep.
41. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
43. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
44. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
47. Being one more than one hundred.
51. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
53. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
54. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
55. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere.
59. Jordan's port.
60. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. Offering fun and gaiety.
63. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
66. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
70. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
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